Tom studied double bass and bass guitar at the conservatory of Arnhem. He played in all kind of bands (rock, pop, jazz, disco, singer-songwriter) for more than 30 years and he still does.

Tom is also a bass teacher. For more than 25 years he worked at the music school Arnhem with bass students, young and old, and with bands in all possible styles. He also teaches bass in his own STUDIO737.

Since the introduction of the Atari computer, Tom was interested in recording music and sound. He started with the Atari running Cubase 1.0 on a 1Mb drive, synced with a Fostex 4-track tape machine and a midi driven Roland U-20 synth. A lot has changed since his first adventures in modern recording. But recording music is not about gear. It's capturing the spirit and emotions of the performer and creating the perfect world of sound around it.